There is something about the Potez 75.
Built in 1956 as a “tank buster” it might be the French uncle of the A-10 (the kind of uncle who is never invited around for dinner).
Whats with the open cockpit?
It seems that designers once thought pilots did their job better when exposed to wind and rain. The Potez 75 is not the only “late” open cockpit design. Why is it that AFTER the enclosed cockpit was “invented”, some designers reverted to the open cockpits?
This aircraft might not be an unusual design, but its not very well known (does that count as unusual?).
Its the kinda jet that makes me scream “I’m having one!”
Someone over at Skyfox Corporation thought it would be cool to “hotrod” a T-33, since there were so many around. Unfortunatly no one else found the idea
appealing, even when Boeing took charge.
The Skyfox Corporation/Boeing Skyfox.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Skyfox
I love the Seabee, there is a beautiful example at an airfield near my home.
But I’m not sure if I’d call it “unusual”. 😀
Its configuration is no less strange than a host of other single engine seaplane/amphibians. And perhaps less so than the Colonial Skimmer/Lake family of amphibs. where the engine is mounted on a plyon.For military designs, the U.S. VTOL fighters were odd…the tail sitting turboprops from Convair and Lockheed, and the sleek looking pure jet Ryan.
And the XF-85 Goblin parasite fighter….what were they thinking? The design was compromised to fit into a B-36 so the eventual aircraft would not have been a worthwhile fighter.
For civilian aircraft, the Custer “Channel Wing”, which looked like an Aero Commander twin with a “U” shaped wing section for pusher prop clearance.
The Seabee is a beautiful aircraft, but since there are few seaplanes around theses days, i still find it unusual :p
The Custer “Channel Wing” is surely a very unusual aircraft. Thinking outside the box and producing a fine new concept. It might look strange, but accorcing to reports it flew like nothing else. This aircraft deservers a place of honour in the collection. NASA are still conducting tests on the “channel wing” concept and it might yet have a place in aviation.
Nice Bi-mono thingy.
Here is an example of a design department getting too many specifications and wanting to meet all.
I hope i don’t step on too many delicate British toes, by including this 😉
The very cockpit-like Short Seamew.
The owner of the site mentioned above just send me this collage.
For more information, you might want to track down those books.
BTW i can’t take credit for the answer. I simply forwarded the picture to the above owner.
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